Originally Posted by
ediedi1111
Cay they block your entering in the shengen zone if you have unpaid hospital bills in france?
i was 3 months in paris and was in the hospital an urgence.they didnt give me a bill so i dont know if i have to pay or not.what happens if i dont pay?can they block me from entering in the shengen zone?if they gave me a bill they didnt take my home adress so there is no way i can pay the bill if i have one.waht should i do ?thank you for your answers
A few years ago I had to go the emergency room at a hospital (near Gare du Nord), they asked for my address (which I gave them)--but if I gave them a "bogus" address they wouldn't have known. Several weeks later I got a bill--for the equivalent of $100, which I paid (my Blue Cross insurance re-imbursed me in the amt of $60^.) Several weeks later I got a "receipt" for my payment.
With (typical
) French Bureaucracy it could be months before it gets into the "system" (if the bill went unpaid). I doubt you would be barred from entering Shengen Zone in any case.